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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 1 Nov 2017

    Zimbabwe's President Mugabe calls for return of the death penalty http://bbc.in/2A7xRhF  #BBCAfricaLivepic.twitter.com/6RFy7t4wrc

    11:24 AM - 1 Nov 2017
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    • Tiyatembo@gmail four bullets i.am.mabel Bray Manyere Andrews Hammond Rᴀᴠᴇɴ ʀᴏᴛʜ ċʀօċҡɛtt Rabbie Mbuyane Gona Motsatsing GEJites Club Int'l
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      1. Monde Sibisi‏ @MondeTSibisi 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Lol he's already out the door, does he want companions?

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      1. King George‏ @damsongeorge 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Good move. We should start with him.

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      1. Oliver Maha‏ @zimskills 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @LeCrocodile

        He wants it reinstated so he can execute his perceived enemies charged with treason.

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      1. A N Y U L Jr ™‏ @anyul_john 2 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Time has come for well-meaning Zimbabweans to remove Mugabe from office. You cannot let a demented fellow chose who lives or dies

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      1. Mulotribe‏ @Mulotribe 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        good idea, wrong owner of the head

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      1. Sher‏ @SherikaI 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        What!!! I mean he is so old he might not be thinking straight

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      1. Skeep‏ @skeepjay 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Does he expect more people to die with him, before him or after him?

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      1. Dan Simon‏ @troutskyite 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Agreed, this mass murderer must be the first to be executed.

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      1. nazqueen‏ @lynkubu 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Y is he calling 4 it when he has killed so many already , enriched only him n his associates n killed all opposition?

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      1. Abdullah kk kamara‏ @kamara_kk 24 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Retirement is the only solution for you. You liberated Zimbabwe, but you set a bad presidence for successor which led to your dismissal.

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      1. Ifalade Oloruntoba‏ @IfaladeO 3 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He should be the first beneficiary

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      1. Armstrong Yakubu‏ @a2yakubu 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Backward ever Forward never?

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      1. everyone else‏ @lkngiema 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He doesn’t want to alone

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      1. Gwavvu Wass‏ @GwavvuW 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Totally agree with him. Some crimes warranty death as punishment!

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      1. #IFollowCozYouFollow‏ @neema_blose 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This old man is just extrapic.twitter.com/wRMKc9LCsm

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      1. hlengiwe jiyane‏ @hlengiwejiyane4 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        🙀🙀

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      1. Mike Tonui‏ @MikeTonui11 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He is senile...

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      1. TheCollectorsPieceTape‏ @KevinWho_SA 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @KaitanoRutia @BBCAfrica

        You need a therapist 😒😒😒

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